Plant design for efficiency using AutoCAD and FactoryFLOW
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Sly, D.P.
- Source
- Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, 1995. Simulation Simulation Conference Proceedings, 1995. Winter. :437-444 1995
- Subject
- Computing and Processing
Production facilities
Costs
Layout
Manufacturing automation
Industrial plants
Routing
Flow production systems
Frequency
Seminars
Materials handling
- Language
Designing industrial facilities in AutoCAD is very different from designing the office and laboratory environments typically discussed at AEC-oriented shows and seminars. In factories the cost of moving equipment and automated material handling systems is significant, making their initial placement critical. In addition, factories are designed for the optimal flow of materials, which requires a significant quantitative review and can be very time consuming and difficult to present. This paper discusses the systematic approach to the design of industrial facilities and how this approach can be greatly simplified with the use of such tools as AutoCAD with FactoryFLOW.